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Palazzo Barbarigo to the Markets

Here the canal is flanked by stately palaces, built over a period
of five centuries. The most spectacular is the Gothic Ca’ d’Oro,
whose façade once glittered with gold.
Palazzo Barbarigo retains
the vestiges of its
16th-century frescoed
façade paintings. Locator Map

Palazzo Gussoni-Grimani’s
façade once had frescoes by
Tintoretto. It was home to the
English ambassador in 1614–18.
Palazzo Fontana Rezzonico
San Stae was the birthplace of
Count Rezzonico
(1693), the fifth
Venetian
pope.

Ca’ Foscarini, a
Gothic building of
the 15th century,
belonged to the Foscari
family before it became
the residence of the
Duke of Mantua in 1520.

Casa Favretto (Hotel
San Cassiano) was the
home of the painter Ca’ d’Oro
Giacomo Favretto
(1849–87).

Ca’ Pesaro, a huge and stately
Baroque palace designed by Palazzo Morosini
Longhena (see p27), today houses Brandolin belonged to
the Gallery of Modern Art and the the Morosini family, one
Oriental Museum (see p109). It was of the Case Vecchie
built for Leonardo Pesaro, a families, deemed to be
Procurator of San Marco. noble before the
9th century.

Ca’ Corner della
Regina (1724–8)
is owned by the
Fondazione
Prada. It houses
the Prada
contemporary art
collection and is The Pescheria has been the site of a busy fish
open during market for six centuries. Today it takes place in the
exhibitions. striking mock-Gothic market hall, built in 1907.

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